The plane's toast, but most lived

July 8, 2013 |By AUBREY COHEN

On Aug. 31, 1988, a Delta Air Lines 727 (like this one) struck an antenna array about 1,000 feet past the end of a runway at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport and crashed.

Two of the seven crew members and 12 of the 101 passengers aboard died, including one passenger who escaped, but then went back into the burning plane. Investigators determined the pilots did not have the wing flaps and slats properly configured, and a warning system failed to alert them of this.

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On Aug. 31, 1988, a Delta Air Lines 727 (like this one) struck an antenna array about 1,000 feet past the end of a runway at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport and crashed.

Two of the seven crew members and 12 of the 101 passengers aboard died, including one passenger who escaped, but then went back into the burning plane. Investigators determined the pilots did not have the wing flaps and slats properly configured, and a warning system failed to alert them of this.